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10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/threading.rst
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This method will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError` if called more than once
on the same thread object.

If supported, set the operating system thread name to
:attr:`threading.Thread.name`. The name can be truncated depending on the
operating system thread name limits.

.. versionchanged:: 3.14
Set the operating system thread name.

.. method:: run()

Method representing the thread's activity.
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running thread is renamed. (Setting the *name* attribute of a
different thread only updates the Python Thread object.)

.. versionchanged:: 3.14
Set the operating system thread name.

.. method:: getName()
setName()

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
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* Two new events are added: :monitoring-event:`BRANCH_LEFT` and
:monitoring-event:`BRANCH_RIGHT`. The ``BRANCH`` event is deprecated.

threading
---------

* :meth:`threading.Thread.start` now sets the operating system thread name
to :attr:`threading.Thread.name`.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`59705`.)

tkinter
-------

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